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Nevada County picayune., 1887-06-08

The widow of a distinguished professor was visited by rather shabby gentleman, who expressed great admiration for her deceased husband, and who finally said:
 ''l revere the memory of your husband, and would like very much to have some relic to keep and cherish.''
 "The only relic can oifer,n re. piled the disconsolate widow, signing heavily, lis myself, If you will love and cherish me for his sake, you may"
 But the rehc hnnter had silently stolen away before she could finish the sentence.-Texas Sittings.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-06-08
Father, Where Is Your Boy To- night"

X father took his little child out into the field one Sabbath, and, as the day was hot, he lay down un
 der a beautiful shady tree. The little chlld ran about gathering wild flowers and little blades of grass, and coming to her father and saying, Pretty pretty" At last her father fell asleep, and while he was sleeping the child wandered away. When he awoke, his first thought was, "Where is my childg He looked all around, but could not see her, He called aloud for her, but all he heard was the echo of his own voice. Run ming to a little hill, he looked around and shouted again. No re-. sponse! Then going to precipice at some distance he looked down, and there, upon the rocks and bri- ars, he saw the manglcd form Of his loved child. iIe rushed to the spot, took np the lifeless child and hugged it to his bosom, and ac- cused himself or being her mnr- dcrcr, While he was sleeping she had wandered over the preciplce.
 How many fathers and mothers. how many Christian lnen, are sleeping now while their children wander over the terrible precipicc right into the bOttomless pit of hell! Father, where is your boy tonight He may be just out there in some public house; he may be reeling through the stre cts
 he may Le pressing onward to a drunkard's grave. Mother, where is your son! Is he in the house of the publ'can drinking away his soul,-everythiue that is dear and sacred to him! Father, you have been a prOfessed Christian for for. ty years; where are your children tonight Have you lived so god. ly, and so Christ-likc, that you can say, follow me as I have fol- lowed Christ? Are those children walking in wisdome are they on their way to glory! have they been gathered into the fold of ChristY are their names written on the Lambs Book of Life? How many fathers and mothers to-day would be able to answer? Did you ever stop to think that you
 were to blame; that you had not been faithful to your childre's Come, 0 Lord, and wake mp every mother! Anu may everyone of us who are parents feel the worth of the souls of the children whom God has given us. May they never bring our gray hairs with sorrow to the grave, but may they become blessing to the church and to the world - D. l.. Moody. ... eN
Nevada County picayune., 1887-06-08

An important experiment IS about to be tried by the White Star line of steamers. The great steamships of the present day are generally run with q single screw, but the White Star people are g0- ing to put in two screws. This will facilitate steering in different places, and in case one screw breaks at sea the ship will not be entirely disabled, TMs Is consid eraticn al great moment, and many experts regard it as the next great step forward in ocean navigation New York Sun.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-06-08
SAVED BY HIS DOG.

IL was an ugly cur, of the kind which you see in alleys and waste lots, feeding on garbage. Wag did not feed on garbage. The gate keepers wife at the prison was a kind-hearted Irish woman, who fed him well.
 He's none of mine, Zur," she said to the warden. .'He come one day with the wife of one of the prisoners, an he crept in with her. an saw his master just be- hind the bars, an here he's stayed ever since. She couldn't get him away. He knows Johns here, she says to me, 'an' he's waitin' for him to come out.'n
 "IIe's an conditioned cur" said MT. Bolts. "Such dogs ought to be shot. They're no good to anybody"
 "But he plays with the children, zur."
 She did not tell the warden that Wag tired to creep into the prison whenever the doors were opened, and howled when kicked out. But his faithful devotion to the poor wretch who owned him touched Mrs. Clancy's warm Irish heart.
 'Twas God made the baste. He must have use for him." she said. IS the warden went to the prison.
 Johns wife "a weak little body, wid d big sperrit in her. accord. ing to Mrs. Clancy, came no more to the prison.
 She sold tue little house they owned in kensington, and going to an obscure New Jersey village, bought patch of ground, cultiva- ted it, and made a home for her husband when he should come out.
 "Nobody knows you here," she wrote. "Nobody will know of the slip you made. You can begin A good carpenter is much needed, and l have all your tools"
 It seemed the best course to her, but 1t would have been wiser if she had stayed in town and kept up her influence over hlm. He was iu the c0mparionship of thieves and drunkards, worse men than himself. It was easy for them to persuade him that the chance of a decent lite was over for him In the world. Their hOri. zon included only guilt aud misery and he was living in it with them."
 His term of Imprisonment was for three years, but on account of his good conduct he was dispharg' ed few months earlier Mary. his wife, did not know this. But his comrades In the prison knew it. Two of them who were dis charged a week earlier arranged to meet him as soon as he came out. It was in the evening when he laid off bis convict gafb, and re' stunned the clothes hs had worn outside. There was a society ln the city for the care of discharged prisoners. The agent spoke 10 him a few hopeful, Bind words, and gave him a ticket to the town in which Mary lived:
 "You'll find your wife there and a new home," he said. "Begm a new life with Gods help"
 John walked down the corridor and along the prison-yard, with no hope in his heart It was long since he hqd seen his wife. She could not love a miserable jail: bird. He would not go tp this place where she was respected t9 disgrace hers He would not bring d taint on his baby-girl. The men
Nevada County picayune., 1887-06-08

Winnie Johnson, who is on ex- hibition in Cincinnati, is pro bably the largest woman in the world. She is five feet eight and half inches in height, measures three feet five inches around the thigh, eight feet nine inches around the bust, and is said to weigh 733 nnnnds.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-06-08
Doctors and Hot Springs.

Hot Springs failed entirely te cure me of several terrible, indolcnt running ulcers on my legs, with which l have been troubled for many wears. Several doctors also at tempted tu cure me but failed. have used only a few bottles ol E. E. E. (uade at At lanta, Ga.,) and the effect hns been truly magical. Il, they have all healed aud am cured. It is worth ni medicine, made for purifying the blood. This wonderfully quick cure has been effected after everything else had failed. Ypur medicine is Il daisy and has done the husinc,, for me. have lived here twcnty-fvc years My general health is also improyn". appetite md digcS- ton good. l sleep soundlY, and never felt better. Doctors told mo that could not be cured. bu, E. E. E. has cured me.
 It Is decidedly the quickest best and cheap est blood purifier ever used. II is ahead of all others, A to my ease and it's cure l re- fer to every merchant orprotrSsional man of Pine Emf, \. H. NORRIS,
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 All who desire full information about the cause and euro of Blood Posons, Scrofula and Scrofulous SwcIings, l lcers, Sores, Rheumatism, Kidney Complaints. Catarrh, etc., can secure by mail, free q copy of our 32-page Illustrated Book of Wonders. filled with the most wonderful and startling proof ever before known.
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Nevada County picayune., 1887-06-08

Father, addressing his little boy. who has brought home a bad mark from school. Now Johu. nie, what shall do with this stieks' Johnnie: Why, go for walk, papa.
Nevada County picayune., 1887-06-08

At the marriage 9t an cid widow: CT, cue of the servants was asked if his master would take 2 bridal tour. "Dqln,o, sah; when old missus was alive, he took paddle to her, dunno if he take bridle to de new one or not.'
Nevada County picayune., 1887-06-08

What is the difference between aswrlting pad that costs cent and an Irishman's pen? One is a pad for penny and the other is pen for a Paddy.-Ex,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

PERHAPS it would be as well for Pension
Commissioner Black to permit General Drum
to assist him in the examination of soldiers
claims. 1t is very worthy ambition on the
part of the Commissioner to desire to issue
more pensions during his term than any one
bition that should be subject to some re-
straints. Haste makes waste, and already
General Blacks eagerness to make record
has resulted in the wasting of a considerable
amount of government money on fraudulent
claimants The additional examination in
sisted on in certain cases by General Drum
might prevent such unfortunate occurrences.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20
COMMENT AND OPINION.

THE Kentucky Democrats are anxious to have
Mr.. Cleveland visit their State and repair the
crevasse in the grand old majority.-St Louis
ostDispatch (Dem.
THERE is one blessed thing about this Riddle
berger incident-it won't be made partisan
question. Mr. Riddle6erger is a nuisance, with
out regard to party.-Boston Herald.
THE thing to do with the Utes is to send 'em
turkey-trot fashion, to the land of flowers,
where the vigorous Geronimo gnaws the file.
But first catch your Observation-Disclosures Record.
OUR people who are not Germans may for the
most part be not unfavorable to what be
called free Sunday, but they by large
majority opposed to licenrlous Sunday.-Phil-
adelphIa Telegraph.
ALREADY the indications are that tho Demo
Gratis over in Ohio will stay at home" on cleo
ton day. This is getting monotonous Some of
these days Democratic candidates will have to
keep them company.-Macon Telegraph Dem
THE process of Saving to the government by
paying nearly 10 per cent premium to bond
holders is still slowly progressing. The process
of saving to taxpayers money not needed for the
expenses of the government has not even begun.
New York World.
PROPER safeguards are neither provided by
railway management nor required by State leg
relation. Congress must act sooner or later
1t should act now. A new interstate law is de-
manded by the safety of the travelling public.
New York Herald.
THE Louisville Courier-Journal bluntly
marks that protection is Republicanism. Here
again we behold the spectacle of Kentuckys
great truth into camp without the use of net
-Philadelphia Press.
THE word ''boodler" has now q generally
cepted meaning and is convenient
poy. In this connection it may be remarked
that it be used to advantage in referring to
developments of the Central Pacific railway in
vestigation Tribune.
WHILE the Interstate-commerce Commission
is travelling over the railroads of the country in
pursuit of its other duties, it might take the
trouble to obtain some statistics to the num-
Der of wooden bridges and culverts on the vari-
Gus lines they ride over. with view to recon-
mending the legislation needed on the subject.
Chicago Times.
THERE is a growing impatience among the
Americans over the safe refuge that the Cana
dams afford the embezzers and hooders who
almost daily flee from the justice of the United
States. 1t seems to people that this is
neghborly to the degree of barbarity. The
British possessions in North America might
well be the possessions of uncivilized empire.
far their course toward thieving fugitives
is concerned.-Boston Globe.
If it were proposed now. for the first time. to
lay tax food and clothing and let whisky
and tobacco 60 free. there would be such a howl
from the people would make the hair of the
politicians stand end. The proposition is,
however, to take the tax off of whisky and to-
bacco and leave it on food and clothing. and all
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

THE opinion entertained by Rev. DIR. Adams
and other citizens of Bloomington, to the effect
that the Chatsworth bridge was not burned
at all but went down with the weight of the
train, agrees with that expressed by the
Journal some days ago. The one fact that
the first locomotive went over it in safety is
proof sufficient that the timbers could not
have been Gin embers' and "charred, as some
of the witnesses testified. The suspicously
hasty burning of the debris of the wreck by
the order of the company effectually prevent
ed examination of these timbers by the
coroner's jury.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

DR. Spencer T. BAIRD is the author of more
than l. 200 books, pamphlets and publications of
various kinds.
JEROME W. HOWARD, son of Gen. o. O.
Howard, will shortly sail for Australia to en-
gage in the business of stock-raising
THE rumor that Lord Tennyson wrote
.'Britons, Hold Your own" while crossing the
channel, gives an additional significance to the
poem
WHARTON BAKER, of Philadelphia, is at the
head of the American syndicate which has just
secured such extensive concessions in China for
banking, building railroads. telegraphs and tele-
phones, developing mines, ETC.
THE real estate craze in southern California
has even demoralized the doctors. In writing
a prescription recently of them added this
direction: Take third down and the re-
mainder in one and two years. secured by mort
gage"
THE Rev. De Witt Tamage and his family
are at Bar Harbor. Both of his daughters are
handsome girls. and dress in striking costumes.
Mrs. Talmaee has very handsome diamonds, and
young Talmage sports one OF the most stunning
blazers at the resort
NEW JERSEY has found use for the ex-cash-
iers. bank presidents and other educated rascals
in the State prisons. They will hereafter be
compelled to teach the more ignorant convicts
in a night school, under guard of turkeys
armed TO the teeth. OF the 500 prisoners, 40
cannot read or write.
WHEN the surrender of General Lees army
took place at Appomattox Courthouse, in 1865.
General Grant. by special order. directed that
the Stonewall Brigade band, of Staunton, should
be permitted to take their instruments home
with them. Some of these historic instruments
are still in by the band.
Mr. FRANCIS BRAMLEY, of Cleveland, owns a
horse which served through the entire of
the rebellion. He has been retired from active
service, but occasionally he goes to the soldiers
reunion. He proudly lifts his head at the cheers
of his companions of the war. He pricks up his
ears at the rattle of drum and tries To pIance
at the sound of buge, and seems to enjoy the
occasion as much any of his two-footed
friends.
R. P CoNcANNoN, depot operator at Emer-
son, Neb., although only twenty-nine years old,
has had adventurous life for one now so
peaceably employed When nineteen he joined
the British army, and saw life in Africa. lie
fought four months in the Baanto land and
afterward with the Zulus. He in the fight
when Prince Eugene killed. Then lie took
part in putting down the Boer rebellion and was
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

invitations between the lines in this way.
If he does he may as well elect to stay in
Washington Very few places which have
asked him to visit them are entirely "unani-
NOUS" In Indianapolis, for instance, the
Journals cordial invitation was followed by
one from the Board of Trade, but neither
cratic organ have as yet expressed any wish
to see the man they voted for. The Presi-
dent should accept his invitations in the same
spirit with which Mrs. Parvenu receives
of a higher circle and be thankful for his
chance of getting into good society.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

The Irish National League has been pro-
claimed, the formal announcement being
made in Parliament yesterday. This means
that the severest features of the crimes act are
to be rgidly enforced. In view of the result of
recent elections it looks like defiance of
British public opinion by the Ministry. In
stead of taking warning from the elections
and modifying their policy they seem to be
recklessly bent on making it more arbitrary
and odious than ever We believe this latest
step will hasten the overthrow of the Ministry
and add to its completeness.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

POSTMASTER GENERAL Villas is taking a
vacation in Wisconsin but not neglecting his
presidential boom. It has become the
fashion for Democratic statesmen, when not
engaged in affairs of state, to pose before the
public in some simple, attractive attitude, as
that of gentle angler. a lover of home de-
lights or a devotee of simple games. Any
thing to keep before the public. Colonel
Villas is cultivating lawn-tennis. He permits
it to be stated that he greatly enjoys the
game, gives his whole mind to it for an hour
or two every day, and finds it a delightful rec
reation for body and brain. It is added that
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20
The Best Burglar Alarm.

Pittsburg Chronicle
what is the best protection from burglars2n
said Chief of Police Brokaw, repeating a re-
porter's query.
the more ornary he is the better. Big dogs are
of no They have to be kept in the yard or
stable and crooks always manage to poison them
before undertaking job. But little dog-a
common ice-can be kept in the house, and he
is always on the watch. Let step he heard
near the house at night, and your fee will yep
for all he is worth. That settles the burglar
AS soon as crook hears dog bark he concludes
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

the other necessaries of life, and the destined
victims are dumb as oysters. Howling time will
come again, however. when the scheme sue
ceeds, but it will be too late then to do any good.
Charleston News and Courier.
So long as Mr.. Cleveland had no desire for a
second term he would not do this violate the
civil-service law for the party which elected
him. but now that he has been seized with the
desire to be his own successor he realizes, with
his party. the value of "a horde of Office holders,
with zeal born of benefits and fostered by the
hope of favors yet to come, who stand ready to
aid with money and tainted political SERVICE"
and does not hesitate to use il to an extent to
which it was never before employed.
Journal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

TIMOTHY CoUGHLIN, the scape-g goat of the
Chatsworth accident, has been arrested and
jailed. If the coroner's jury had done their
duty their verdict would have struck higher
than a section foreman. We believe the state
ment of Rev. DIR. Adams, of Bloomi ngton,
is true, that the bridge was not burned, that
the fire occurred after the accident, and that
the latter was due to the criminal misman-
agement of the road
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

The burning of a ship at sea is under any
circumstances a frightful thing to contem-
plate. That of a steamer laden with passen-
gers is awful beyond conception. The City
of Montreal, which was burned on the 18th
inst, five days out from New York, carried
420 persons, all of whom providentially
rescued by passing steamer, except thirteen
who reported to have persisted. The dis
aster, bad as It is, came near being the most
terrible on record
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

II an investigation were to be had now it
would probably be found that no sane person
could eat the butter that is set before the pa
tients at the Hospital for the Insane. Every
one acquainted with the condition of the mar
ket knows that butter at the present time is
high in price, and the best to be had is none
too good. The probability that the purveyors
to the State institutions are furnishing a fair
quality of the lubricant to their victims is
vary slioht
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

THE Distillers and Cattle-fe eders' Trust,
which is to control the pooled distilleries and
their product, starts off with a capital stock
of $40, 900, 600 and the strongest kind of an or
ganization. The object is to keep up the
price of whisky, and the movement seems
likely to develop into powerful monopoly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

THE New York Post has discovered that
several of its more respectable Democratic ex-
changes do not approve of Higgins, and
triumphantly quotes their utterances on the
subject to show the growth of civil service re-
form sentiment in that party. AS the Presi-
dent does approve of Higgins, it is to be in
ferred that reform has had ack-set in that
direction, but the Post carefully refrains
from saving So
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

he plays in his shirt sleeves. This little
touch shows the people he is one of them,
mere ordinary mortal if he is Postmaster-gen-
eral. We shall expect soon to hear OF some
Democratic statesman trying to popularize
himself by playing mumble-the-peg. Sim
plicity's the thing, you know.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

The attention of Sullivan, Coy Co. is
suddenly demanded in another quarter. An
employe of the Insane Hospital who is III pos
session of dangerous information threatens to
squeal Really the strain on the leaders of the
gang is becoming very great. There are so
many danger points to watch.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

The creditors of Maurice Rosenfeld, the
young Chicago broker'who was caught in the
Kershaw wheat deal, should not build any
to foreclose on his share of his millionaire
fathers estate. Unless that gentleman belied
his name and his nationality he did not de-
part this life without having provided against
such contingency.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

AFTER series of railroad accidents are we
to have another of marine disasters2 Such
groups, but the public will hope that the
burning of the City of Montreal is sporad-
&c case and not the first in list of similar
.ae,1e1tiac
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

THERE cannot be many keener disappoint-
ments in life than to travel half way round
the earth to take observations of sun eclipse
only to be entirely baked by cloudy day.
That is what happened to number of scien-
lists on the other side of the globe, yesterday,
though doubtless some of the parties got good
observations. The scientific results will be
known in due time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

IT will be time enough for Colonel johnson
to ask the Council for new street railroad
franchises when he has complied with exist
ing ordinances and withdrawn his opposition
20 the Washington street pavement.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

THE country will not go into general
mourning over the announcement that Flood
and Mackay, the California bonanza million
aires lost So, 900, 900 in the recent attempted
wheat corner in San Francisco. The harder
men who attempt such games are squeezed
The hatfar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-20

JACOB SHARPs health would probably i'm
prove were he to be removed frcin the I'M
healthful precincts of Ludlow-street Jail to
Sing Sing The sanitary condition of the
latter institution is said to be excellent.